Triumph of Caesar

<p>Andrea Andreani’s <em>Triumph of Caesar</em> was available in several color schemes, including gray and orange. Each chiaroscuro sheet included a range of shades of a single hue, one for each tone block, which combined to give the final image a greater sense of depth and the appearance of a drawing. The set of woodcuts was issued with a title page showing Andrea Mantegna’s portrait and with a set of columns (lacking in this impression) to cut out and paste over the seams in the assembled frieze. The columns shown here are to-scale reproductions from the British Museum.</p>

Catalogue

Year
1599
Dimensions
38.1 × 37.4 cm (15 × 14 3/4 in.)

Artist

Andrea Andreani
Andrea Andreani

Printmaking

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59-1629)

Full artist profile →

More

More by Andrea Andreani

View all →
Mucius Scevola

Mucius Scevola

1608 · Chiaroscuro woodcut in greenish gray and black on cream laid paper

WW-1608-082622
Triumph of Caesar

Triumph of Caesar

1599 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark warm gray on off-white laid paper

WW-1599-099656
Triumph of Caesar

Triumph of Caesar

1599 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper

WW-1599-099661
Triumph of Caesar

Triumph of Caesar

1599 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper

WW-1599-099658
Triumph of Caesar

Triumph of Caesar

1599 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper

WW-1599-099654
Triumph of Caesar

Triumph of Caesar

1599 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in black and light, medium and dark greenish gray on off-white laid paper

WW-1599-099652